Have you not watched for the last 20-30 years that there have been a gradual dumbing down of the system. This is intentional, the social elite have pushed this to get everyone at the same playing level. This is the reason that a high school education is not any better than a 5th grade was 50 years ago, a college degree is not any better than a high school level. We are dumbing our system so low all other countries are far exceeding us in advancing technology. All the smart people know is put more money in the system, they don't believe in teaching the basic education in K thru 12 classes, they think the new math, printing, no cursive writing, and using a computer is better than developing a young mind. end of rant.